Covered through the ages: sculpted stone to Evercut kitchen knife! part 2

Forks

 The most recent addition to the common cutlery club is the fork. Although they have existed since ancient times technically, these preliminary specimens consisted of only two teeth and are mainly used to cook and serve food. Fingers, spoons and knives were still the most popular options when it came to eating real.
 Some of the first known holders made their debut in ancient Egypt. The Qijia culture (2400-1900 BC) that resided in part of present-day China is also known to have used forks. A couple of thousand years later, the popularity of the fork in the western world spread through the Silk Road in Venice.
 One of the oldest recorded records of hairpins in Venice is from an 11th century story of the wedding of a Byzantine princess, Theodora Anna Ducaina, to Domenico Selvo. She allegedly brought gold forks as part of her dowry.Apparently, it was quite the scandal. The Venetian fear of God saw these pointed monstrosities as a slight against the same Lord who perfectly gave us good fingers to eat. I can not invent these things:
 God in his wisdom has provided man with natural hairpins - fingers. Therefore, it is an insult to him to replace the artificial metal hairpins for them when eating. -S t. Pedro Damián
 Of course, in the Book of Samuel (02:13) - he believes that they have been composed around 640-540 BC It is claimed that the Jewish priests assistants use hairpins:
 And the custom of the priests with the people was that, when someone offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in full boil, with a three-tooth fleshhook in his hand ...
As trivial as it mentions the use in the Holy Scriptures by none other than the officials of the priests themselves did not prevent many religious elite from vilifying the fork and poor Theodora. (They also did not like that she uses napkins, among other things.)When the princess died two years after a mysterious degenerative disease, it has been considered by some as punishment for their pride and perceived excesses. What the fork?
 Despite being mentioned as well used in the Hebrew Bible, bifurcations in the Western world continued to lead to this negative stigma due to its association with Eastern decadence and to be perceived as an offense to God. They were subsequently strictly reserved for sticky foods.
 The popularity of the fork began to grow during the 16th century due to the infamous historical trend setter Catherine de Medici. She helped to popularize the fork (as well as pasta, olive oil, Chianti and the separation of sweet and salty) with French tables after her marriage to Henry II. At this time, nothing Italian was in vogue thanks to the Renaissance.The fork also became more popular as hygiene ideals began to change. Up to this point, in order to clog the pores one with soil to prevent the plague from infiltrating through them was considered a good idea. (Similar thought processes were largely why the bathroom was weird that during medieval times- you do not want the water-filled disease to get in your spills!) Many people also preferred to blow their noses directly into their hands instead of over the tablecloth, since it would be bad manners. Now, imagine that these same people eat with their hands.






 Naturally, the fork began to look increasingly attractive to those who preferred their food to be free of dirt. However, many men still rejected them, as they considered themselves too feminine. This began to change when they began to be drawn with ruffled cuffs .... This may seem strange to us, but let's not forget that high heels were originally invented for men, who also wore stockings commonly with them ...In the 18th century, curved forks with barbs are increasingly used in order to defeat foods such as peas. People would also have brought their own sets of personal silverware, although still hairpins were used mainly by the upper classes.
 It was not until a hundred years later during the period of industrialization that the lower and middle classes commonly began using hairpins as well. Commoners even began to be able to afford to have complete sets of cutlery to offer customers - some even paired!
 Forks quickly overtook knives as the most popular cutlery item that resulted in the creation of the victorians an overabundance of fork varietals. You can thank them next time you're pricking some juicy lobster meat with one. Since then, the fork has remained a staple in Western society.

Knives

 Knives have been dully used both as a weapon and a food implement since prehistoric times. This is quite logical - you kill your food and then cut it into pieces of convenient size with a practical tool. However, knives were not domesticated or modeled for table use until the Bourbon dynasty in France. Up to this point, they were usually very sharp due to their aforementioned use in killing one of the foods.
 As such, the presence of knives on a table was a constant threat. It is important to remember that this was also a time when an important source of hydration came from wine and beer. Therefore, it was not uncommon for the particular drunk to accidentally jab their mouths while trying to eat their food.Of course, when they forked they started gaining in popularity during the Middle Ages, this translated into less of a need for a pointy knife during meals. As such, in 1669, Louis XIV - the same guy who loved doing his hair and wearing stockings and high heels as was the menswear at the time - made these sharp knives exceedingly illegal on the table and replaced them with the wider blunter / . This has for the most part remained the norm to this day, although the standard stainless steel variety was not introduced until around the 20th century.

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